What happened to the good ole days of weighing down a 21foot wakeboat and getting it done. Great boat dude. My favorite hull ever!

We were doing that for the past 9 1/2 years. My time has come!! I hope it's my favorite too.. I haven't really ridden behind many wake boats.

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Originally Posted by LR3w8kbrdr

I recognize this boat was PN...Ohio boat right? Love the colors. Congrats on the great boat

Yeah had been on there for a bit. I didn't really like the green but after a while it grew on me, and now I love it

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Originally Posted by wakecumberland

Nice boat! I wonder how much fuel you will burn vs the G23 and still have a mackin wake? This industry is going in the wrong direction...

I'm sure the stock wake will be more than enough for us right now. My wakeboarding career has been very on-off due to MX injuries, I'll be lucky to get my toe side jumps back

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Originally Posted by shredthagnar

I've got an idea!! Add some extra balast and slap some teak on it and sell it for 100k!!!

The thought has crossed my mind

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Originally Posted by wakebrdjay

Nice man.I see you're from Cleveland,where do you ride at?

Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie.. maybe Huron River but I need to feel this boat out first. I wrecked many a prop on the old boat.

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Originally Posted by tyler97217

Nice ride. Congrats!

Thanks. Pretty excited to try it out. I thought the van was going to die yesterday and its supposed to be even hotter today. Not sure if I'm going to attempt the hour long drive to the lakehouse. Actually I know I'm going to attempt it but I'm not sure if I'm going to make it.

Congrats! Throw a ballast bag in the bow and you'll be good to go. These hulls don't take much to make a great wake. Once you get used to the pop from the wake coming from an I/O you're going to love it!

Congrats! Throw a ballast bag in the bow and you'll be good to go. These hulls don't take much to make a great wake. Once you get used to the pop from the wake coming from an I/O you're going to love it!

That's the plan. Might invest in some weight I can hide under the front cushions.

If the owner hadn't led me on for over two weeks, I would have had that boat. Had a loan, insurance, everything. Congrats to you, but seeing it pop up here bums me out...

He acted similarly with me. Sorry man.

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Originally Posted by MattieK27

One other thing, make sure you get that prop redone. The owner hung the boat up on a sand bar while my friend was looking at it, and the prop got dinged. If you know its there, you will feel the vibrations. Its best to get that taken care of as it will add more stress to the trans and motor mounts/couplings if you run it for a long time with the vibration.

Yeah that was a decent bargaining chip as least. Need to find a local prop guy and have it fixed or I may just buy a new one.

One other thing, make sure you get that prop redone. The owner hung the boat up on a sand bar while my friend was looking at it, and the prop got dinged. If you know its there, you will feel the vibrations. Its best to get that taken care of as it will add more stress to the trans and motor mounts/couplings if you run it for a long time with the vibration.

Just sold my 03 SAN and miss it already. Will probably regret it more later. You will love the wake. Fill the stock ballast and add a triangle sack to the front and 450 in the cabin floor. Best setup I found until you get more than a few people on the boat then the cabin sac can go.

nice boat!!! Saw it pop up just after i bought mine. Was a little more than I wanted to spend. Im happy with my moomba though. Those colors do grow on you. I looked at the posting a few times since my purchase just wondering what if.

nice boat!!! Saw it pop up just after i bought mine. Was a little more than I wanted to spend. Im happy with my moomba though. Those colors do grow on you. I looked at the posting a few times since my purchase just wondering what if.

Took it out last night.. first time I hit the wake I cased it and re-aggravated my ankle. (When we were loading the boat up we were kinda rushing and I forgot to put my brace on the boat).

Such a different experience than an i/o though.. it's like night and day. So much less effort required to jump the wake. Behind my old boat I would have to cut out so hard.. and charge the wake even harder all while the driver struggled like crazy to hold it at a somewhat steady speed. This boat doesn't care what you are doing behind it -- it just keeps pulling.

Doing some searching today in an attempt to have a prop by the weekend. The one on it is causing some nasty vibration. I hope that's all the issue is.

Took it out last night.. first time I hit the wake I cased it and re-aggravated my ankle. (When we were loading the boat up we were kinda rushing and I forgot to put my brace on the boat).

Such a different experience than an i/o though.. it's like night and day. So much less effort required to jump the wake. Behind my old boat I would have to cut out so hard.. and charge the wake even harder all while the driver struggled like crazy to hold it at a somewhat steady speed. This boat doesn't care what you are doing behind it -- it just keeps pulling.

Doing some searching today in an attempt to have a prop by the weekend. The one on it is causing some nasty vibration. I hope that's all the issue is.

Its just the prop. The guy I had go look at it said there was no dings on on the prop before they put it in the water and it ran with zero vibration, then the owner hung it up on a sand bar. Dinged prop, and the vibration. A decent shop should be able to fix it.

Its just the prop. The guy I had go look at it said there was no dings on on the prop before they put it in the water and it ran with zero vibration, then the owner hung it up on a sand bar. Dinged prop, and the vibration. A decent shop should be able to fix it.

Found a place thats between me and the lake and they will repair it for $155. Problem is I don't have a prop puller yet.

Anybody know of a backyard mechanic way to get the prop off? I have tons of c-clamps

Loosen the nut but don't take the nut all the way off. Then go rent a two arm gear puller from Napa, put center of the puller on the shaft and the arms on the back of the prop. Then tighten until it pops off. It scared the hell out of me when finally realeast on me. If you take the nut all the way off the prop will go flying.

Loosen the nut but don't take the nut all the way off. Then go rent a two arm gear puller from Napa, put center of the puller on the shaft and the arms on the back of the prop. Then tighten until it pops off. It scared the hell out of me when finally realeast on me. If you take the nut all the way off the prop will go flying.

and so will your fingers..........don't take the nut off all the way............ just enough to give you a space between the prop of at minimum a 1/2 inch. Just when you think it won't come off and think you can't turn it any more....it will POP...........if you have never done it before it will make you jump for sure.

I ordered a new Acme 1236 & prop puller from Delta (place in cincinnati). Prop was $399 with the planet nautiques coupon code. Prop puller was 80 and shipping was free. Only downside was I had to pay $30 in tax because they are in Ohio ;/

Got rid of all the vibration.. boat runs great. 1236 vs the 536 that was on there seems to have taken about 15mph off my top speed though. @ 5000rpm I'm only going 30mph. Holeshot with tanks full was great.

Here's a shot of my friend riding @ 75', 20mph, stock tanks all full:

Going to really have to start learning some tricks now.. all out of excuses ;P

I ordered a new Acme 1236 & prop puller from Delta (place in cincinnati). Prop was $399 with the planet nautiques coupon code. Prop puller was 80 and shipping was free. Only downside was I had to pay $30 in tax because they are in Ohio ;/

Got rid of all the vibration.. boat runs great. 1236 vs the 536 that was on there seems to have taken about 15mph off my top speed though. @ 5000rpm I'm only going 30mph. Holeshot with tanks full was great.

Here's a shot of my friend riding @ 75', 20mph, stock tanks all full:

Going to really have to start learning some tricks now.. all out of excuses ;P

Beautiful wake with stock ballast. I'm still jealous, haha.

30mph at 5000rpms? If you like the holeshot and intend on adding a lot more ballast, that could be beneficial. Losing 15mph off the top end and running that many rpms at 30mph, I would probably try something else. (fuel economy will suffer at wakeboard speeds, I would need to run faster for friends that foot or are brave enough to slalom that wake )

30mph at 5000rpms? If you like the holeshot and intend on adding a lot more ballast, that could be beneficial. Losing 15mph off the top end and running that many rpms at 30mph, I would probably try something else. (fuel economy will suffer at wakeboard speeds, I would need to run faster for friends that foot or are brave enough to slalom that wake )

That's just a guestimate really. I tried to pay attention when cruising to and from our riding spots. I guess I need to go out and pay more attention to speed/rpms. Hectic weekend. The engine definitely turns a bit higher RPM than it did with the old shaker prop. But man was it nice to hit the throttle out of the marina and not have the entire boat feel like an earthquake.

And I already have a bunch ballast bags that I saved from my old boat.. so yeah the boat will be getting more weight.

I'm going to get the 536 that I pulled off the boat repaired for a backup. Maybe one day I'll swap props for the heck of it and see how I like it.

The one thing I did notice over this past weekend is the MUCH better fuel economy on this boat vs. my last i/o. A full tank on that boat (19' i/o with a 5.7 carbed 220hp engine) would get me around 4 or 5 hours of wakeboarding time. And after those 4 or 5 hours I was running on fumes and I have run out of gas on the way back to the pumps on more than one occasion

I put 30 gallons in this boat before we hit the lake.. (it already had about 1/4 tank when I bought it). Ended up around 3/4 tank. We've put 7.5 hours on it since I got it, and I still have over 1/4 tank. Insane.

That is the only reason I am not trying to buy one myself. As many have said if someone would remake that hull and give it a little more space somehow they could cleanup with the core riders.

Exactly. The space was the only issue I had and it was a hard boat to turn down but we sometimes like to have family days and bring 8-10 people with us. I dont see 8-10 people being comfortable in that boat.